Re: PHPNuke viewpage.php allows Remote File retrieving

From: adminat_private
Date: Tue Mar 25 2003 - 13:57:26 PST

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    >From: Jim Geovedi <negativeat_private>
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    >Subject: Re: PHPNuke viewpage.php allows Remote File retrieving
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    >On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 11:59:26 -0600 DaiTengu wrote:
    >> > viewpage.php is a part of PHPNuke.
    >> > The Script allows an attacker to view all files on the System.
    >> > 
    >> > Example:
    >> > 
    >> > http://server.com/viewpage.php?file=/etc/passwd
    >> 
    >> umm, what version of phpNuke is vulnerable to this? as far as I'm
    >> aware, there has not been any viewpage.php since before 5.0...
    >> 
    >> I beleive this was reported then as well. 
    >> reguardless, this is not true with 6.0
    >
    >it's repeatable on PHP-Nuke 6.5.
    >
    >-- 
    >	Jim Geovedi <negativeat_private>
    >
     I have the vanilla 6.5 and there is no viewpage.php file in the package 
    that I can find.  Are you sure that this isn't in an addon?  Or possibly 
    left over from a previous version that was never cleared out when phpnuke 
    was updated?
    



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